Paul Gray (hurdler)
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| Nationality | British (Welsh) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 May 1969 Cardiff, Wales | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Hurdles | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Cardiff AAC | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Paul Gray (born 25 May 1969) is a Welsh retired athlete who competed in the 110 metres hurdles and 400 metres hurdles.[1]
Biography
[edit]Shortly after winning the Junior 1987 Junior AAA title, Gray won bronze at the 1987 European Athletics Junior Championships.[2][3]
Gray won the bronze medal at the 1994 Commonwealth Games at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada. In addition, he represented Great Britain at two World Championships, in 1999 and 2001, without reaching the semifinals.
His personal bests are 13.53 seconds in the 110 metres hurdles (Victoria 1994) and 49.16 in the 400 metres hurdles (Budapest 1998).
Gray twice finished runner-up in the 110 metres hurdles event at the AAA Championships, behind Andy Tulloch at the 1994 AAA Championships[4] and ten years later behind Robert Newton at the 2004 AAA Championships.[5]
Competition record
[edit]| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing  Great Britain and  Wales
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| 1987 | European Junior Championships | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 3rd | 110 m hurdles | 14.16 |
| 1988 | World Junior Championships | Sudbury, Canada | 5th | 110 m hurdles | 14.02 w (wind: +3.0 m/s) |
| 1994 | Commonwealth Games | Victoria, Canada | 3rd | 110 m hurdles | 13.54 |
| 7th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:07.80 | |||
| 1998 | European Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 11th (sf) | 400 m hurdles | 50.34 |
| Commonwealth Games | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 4th | 110 m hurdles | 13.62 | |
| 3rd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:01.86 | |||
| 1999 | World Championships | Seville, Spain | 33rd (h) | 400 m hurdles | 50.15 |
| 2001 | World Championships | Edmonton, Canada | 33rd (h) | 110 m hurdles | 13.96 |
| 2002 | Commonwealth Games | Manchester, United Kingdom | 10th (h) | 110 m hurdles | 14.11 |
References
[edit]- ^ Paul Gray at World Athletics
- ^ "Hughes hits heights". South Wales Echo. 29 July 1993. Retrieved 6 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Gray joins Euro glory trail". South Wales Echo. 28 July 1987. Retrieved 6 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
- ^ "AAA Championships (men)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
- 1969 births
- Living people
- Welsh male hurdlers
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Wales
- Commonwealth Games athletes for Wales
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in athletics